Teaching Congregations site list

Important Note

The Site List below is for the Teaching Congregations program. In 2014 - 2015, Teaching Congregations will be offered only to students completing their graduation requirements as per the distributive curriculum. This will remain a non-credit degree requirement. Students and supervisors should be in touch with Contextual Learning at contextuallearning@luthersem.edu prior to contacting sites on this list.

St. Stephen's Lutheran Church is located on the corner of Charlton & Wentworth in West St. Paul. We are just north of the Dodge Nature Center and just west of a large block of apartment buildings and condominiums.

Our congregation was planted by Danish immigrants in St. Paul in 1882 and moved to its current location in 1960.

We have worship at 8:30am and 10:45am each September through May, with one service at 9:30am beginning the Sunday before Memorial Day and ending on the Sunday before Labor Day.

Our building is also home to Pueblo de Fe, a Spanish speaking Lutheran worshiping community. We share communion with Pueblo de Fe and work collaboratively with their ministry developer. Pueblo de Fe hosts Spanish worship at noon year-round.

Congregation Keywords:

First ring suburban, multi-cultural.

Mentor Pastor: Cassie Nault

Before serving at St. Stephen's, I served at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in St. Paul, completed internship at Diamond Lake Lutheran in Minneapolis, and my Youth Ministry Internship at Champlin United Methodist. I graduated from Luther Seminary with my M.Div. and a concentration in CYF Ministries in 2008.

At St. Stephen's, I supervise children, youth, and family ministries; education; worship; and missions. I have shared pastoral duties with the senior pastor.

I am on the Leadership Team for the Recharge Ministry Conference and have served as the Worship Coordinator for the Connext Children's Ministry Conference in 2011 and 2013.

I like to spend time with my husband, 3 year old son, and our chocolate-lab-looking dog, Schoko. I enjoy gardening, hiking, reading, traveling, music, and German culture and language.